Improvement in metallic cartridges



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UNITED STATES PATENT Grrlou.,

ALFRED CHARLES H OBBS, 0F lBRIDCrEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

-IMPROVEMENT IN- M E`|"l-\LLICV yAR'I'IRIDTIES.

Sp'eeiiieetion forming part of lLetters Patent'No, 117,`l73, dated July 1'8, 1871*.

To. all whom it may concern: I hole through the inner end or bottom of the cup Be it known that I, ALRED CHARLES Hoists c to per ofBridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State'. I The outer or open end of the cup C is turned over of Connecticut, have invented certain Improveto iormlaiiange which fits intovhe recess in the ments in Cartridge-Shells, of which the following head B, es shown in Fig. l. I then provide a it the lire from the cap to pass through.

is a specification, reference being had to the acmetallic washer, e, of the proper size to fit 4over 4 companying drawing. the cup C within the shell A, and after uniting My invention relates to metallic cartridge-A Jthe various parts and shpplng the Washer over 'shells; and theinvention consists ina novel the lnner end of the cup l'then swa-ge or press manner of constructing and arranging the parts '.dOWll the inner end 0f the Cup Suiliciently to which compose the shell, as hereinafter more fully chiusev it to hold the washer cv tightly thereon, thus explained, l y fastening the shell A, the cup C, and head B Figure l is a side view of my impovgd @arsecurely together. 'The diameter ofthe cup C is tridge-shell, having a 'portion shown in section: just sut'tieient to permit the cap c with its anvil and Fig.,2 is it transverse section on the line d wolle CFOWded illtO it `T0111 behind, HS Shown of Fig.,l, looking toward the rear, and showing' in Fig. 1, so that When the cap lis fired the gas the inside face of the head, will press it laterally against'theinnerwalls ofthe In making my cartridge I first provide a shell, C111), hllS 'Ormllg a gas Check, and preventing A, which is drawn up in' the usual manner, but' 'llSO'cbpe ofthe gas at that point. l without any flange or head. In the centeriof the By UNS@ 111621118 I make 21 Cllllidg WhCh iS base of this shellA I punch a round holeof suiicomposed entirely of metah'with a solid head,

cient size to receive al cup, C, as shown in Figs. and HLUS gas-tight When led', Mld hcba'll he l 'and 2. I then provide a solid disk, B, Which llpped vmld l'edlepelitedly. is ofa sufficiently greater diameter than the'body. II ming thus described my invention, what I A to form the required flange, and make it in a. Claim 1S' hole corresponding with tha-t inthe base' of the A mintige-Case, having Iits body and base shell; and around this hole, on the back or outer dlwll 1'10111 2l Singlepl 0f 111615211,- With a- Solid face' ofthe disk or head B, I form a recess to redlsk, B, 4 and the anvileup C secured theretohy ceive the liange of the cup C, 'as shown in Fig. 1.v a metallic Washer, e, all as herein described. 4 v I then provide a' cup, c, of the proper size t9 fill ALFRED CHARLES HCBBS.

fthe hole in the disk B, and to protrude through g the hole in theshell A sufficiently far to receive Witnesses:

. en anvil. af,`which'oonsists of a Hat piece of metal A. J. HOBBs', I v ofthe ,forni shown inFig. 1, there being a small THOMAS` B.' FAIRCHILD.. l 

